[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 4 (Thursday, January 6, 1994)]
[Notices]
[Pages 779-780]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-292]


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INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION AGENCY

Agency for International Development

 

Public Administration Assistance Program in Central and Eastern 
Europe (RFP: OP/A/EE-94-P-003 Due 02/28/94) POC Contact Point: Dana 
Doo-Soghoian, Contract Specialist, 703/875-1995, Contracting Officer, 
Diane M. Howard

    The following notice appeared in the Commerce Business Daily on 
Monday, December 20, 1993:
    This notice is a reissuance of a notice published on 12/7/93 and is 
for the same RFP. Any requests for this RFP that have already been 
submitted in response to the earlier notice will be honored, and a new 
request is not necessary.
    The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is soliciting 
proposals for up to two contracts to provide public administration 
services throughout Central and Eastern Europe. Activities under the 
contract(s) will be focused primarily in Romania, Slovakia, the Czech 
Republic, Albania, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and possibly the 
republics of the former Yugoslavia, and secondarily, in Bulgaria, 
Hungary, and Poland.
    Each contract term is expected to be for two years, with the option 
to extend the contract(s) for 50% of the level of effort in the 2-year 
base period. The contract(s) will be based on a level-of-effort, and 
contract resources will be accessed through individual Technical 
Service Orders (TSOs). In addition, the contract(s) will provide a set 
amount of funds for equipment and U.S.-based training for which the 
Contractor will be logistically responsible. Contractor(s) shall 
furnish qualified personnel to provide technical assistance and 
training in the field of public administration in, but not limited to, 
the following categories of activity: public management training, 
personnel systems, organizational management, budgeting systems, 
regulatory systems, transparency of process, accountability, 
decentralization, intergovernmental finance, local self-governments, 
procurement, and future public administrators.
    Given the scope of activities, USAID encourages proposals from 
consortia or organizations joining together under one proposal. All 
responsible sources may submit a proposal to be considered by USAID. 
Proposals will be evaluated in accordance with the selection criteria 
stated in the RFP, with award(s) based on the proposal(s) that are most 
advantageous to the Government, cost and other factors considered. To 
help identify potential subcontractors, the RFP will contain an 
attachment listing all organizations who requested the RFP up to the 
time the RFP goes to print. By providing a list, USAID does not endorse 
any of the listed organizations as being capable of carrying out the 
activity, nor does USAID verify the claimed status of the organizations 
known to USAID prior to the issuance of the RFP. All requestors are 
encouraged to state in their requests for the RFP whether their 
organization is a small business or a disadvantaged enterprise. USAID 
promotes participation of small business concerns and disadvantaged 
enterprises (firms owned by minorities or women, historically black 
colleges and universities, college and universities with more than 40 
percent Hispanic American students, and private voluntary organizations 
controlled by minorities or women) as contractors or subcontractors. 
Accordingly, the prime contractor(s) will make reasonable efforts to 
identify the use of such groups. All other selection criteria being 
equal, the participation of such groups may be a determining factor for 
selection.
    Only one request for the RFP per organization will be honored. The 
RFP will be available approximately 15 days after issuance of this 
notice. Interested parties may obtain a copy of the RFP by submitting a 
written request, citing RFP number OP/A/EE-94-P-003, with one self-
addressed mailing label to Dana Doo-Soghoian, U.S. Agency for 
International Development, Office of Procurement, M/OP/A/EE, room 1566, 
SA-14, Washington, DC 20523-1426. Only written requests will be 
honored. Parties interested in obtaining a copy of the RFP after its 
issuance may request a copy in person by presenting a written request 
with the organization mailing address to the 15th Floor Receptionist, 
1100 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22209. To expedite receipt of the RFP, 
organization requesting the RFP may provide a self-addressed envelope 
already prepared for mailing with either their Federal Express or 
Express Mail account number. If an envelope already prepared for 
mailing is not provided by the requestor, the RFP will be mailed 
through the regular U.S. Postal Service. Telephonic requests will not 
be honored. Requests for the RFP that are received one week or less 
before the RFP closing date will be filled subject to the availability 
of copies. (0350)

    Dated: December 22, 1993.
Susan Kosinski,
Project Officer, ENI/EUR/DR/DPI.
[FR Doc. 94-292 Filed 1-5-94; 8:45 am]
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